"We Breathe What We Buy"

Friday's Global Environmental Change seminar on Friday about COP21 and global warming, got me thinking about pledges and policies put in place to solve the issue of haze. There are different stakeholders involved in all environmental issues, especially at a global level, and the haze is no exception. "We Breathe What We Buy" is a pledge initiative started by WWF Singapore, PM Haze and Singapore Institute of International Affairs. Together, these 3 organisations are campaigning for "haze-free palm oil" (Channel News Asia, 2015). They have managed to generate some consumer demand for environmentally conscientious and sustainable products, with 13,195 pledges so far, but this is still a long way from their target of 50,000 pledges.

Just a very brief post to provide some food for thought. I'll be back later this week with a post on more haze pledges and policies - what is being done, and by who.